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H. R. GOGAY.

HOLLOW METAL DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 24, 1917.

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HENRY'R. GoeAY, or COLUMBUS, 01-110, ASSIGNOR TO soniin METAL rnoncc'rs COMPANY, INC.

HOLLOW METAL DOOR.

Be it known that I, HENRr R. .GQGAY, a subject of the- Crown of Great Britain, and

Specification of Letters l atent.

resident of Columbus, in the county. of

Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in 'Hol low Metal Doors, of which, the following 1s a specification.

until the lock to be-used in connection there- In the manufacture of hollow metal doors it has heretofore been necessary to wait with was known before completing the door, thus preventing the stocklng up of for each particular ings in Wl'llOh,

' the line 1v 1v of Fig. 2,

of th 1166 III-+111 of Fig. 1,

.the lock is very firmly held in position and in which the door is reinforced around the lock.

My invention includes a hollow metal door having the edge of its front stile blanked out to fit a sub-holder for the lock, which sub-holderis itself blanked out to fit the faceplate 0f the particular lock to be applied to the door, reinforcing means being 'employed. for the lockand simple means being employed for securing thelock face plate to the sub-holder and the subholder to the door.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying draw-q Figure 1 is a metal door. with my invention applied .thereto.

Fig. .2 is an edge view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a section taken in the plane Fig. 1 isa section taken in the plane of 'Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken in the plane of the line V-V of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail section taken in the plane of the line IV-IV of Fig. 2.

The edge of the front stile 1 of the door is blanked out to fit a sub-holder 2, preferdetail face view of a hollow Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed October 24, 1917. Serial No. 198,264.

sufiicien'tly long to permit it to be blanked out to fit the face plate 3 of any size on style of lock. An open front channel reinforcement has its back 4 bridging the space between the sides of the front stile and has its sides '5extended. forwardly along the inside Of-the front stile to points along the front edge of the stile. This reinforcement is preferably welded at suitable points lndicated by the dotted circles 5* to the ably of channel form, which sub-holder is I front stile to reinforce the same around the lock. The sub-holder may be attached to the door by 'means of upper and lower subholder clips 6, having portions overlapping the top and bottom of the sub-holder.

These clips are preferably provided with wlngs 7 welded at suitable points indicated :by the dotted circles 7* to the sides 5 of' the channel reinforcement. Screws 8 may be employed for securing the top and hot- .tom of the sub-holder to the overlapping portions of the said clips 6. The face plate 3 of the lock may be secured to the sub-. holder '2; by providing the sub-holder. with clips 9, which ma be welded at suitable points indicated by the dotted circles 9* to the sub-holder and provided with portions overlapping the top and bottom of the face plate. Screws 10 may beprojvided for securing the top and bottom of the face plate to the said clips.

To keep the lock in position and to prevent undue strain. thereon, I preferably provide a clip, the back 11 of which is secured tov the back 4 of the reinforcement and the branches 12 of which engage the sides of the lock at its back.

The sides of the front stile and the reinforcement are blanked out as shown at 13 and 14:, opposite the sides of the lock, for

the bolt and latch operating devicesofthe lock.

The method of applying the lock to any particular size or style'of door is as follows:

The sub-holder intendedfor use with such particular lock is blanked out to fit the face plate of the lock. The face plate clips 9 may then be Welded to the sub-holder and drilled and tapped to receive the screws 10.

Thelock and sub-holder may then be assembled by the screws 10. The lock and sub-holder may then be inserted into the front stile which has already been blanked out-to receive the standardized sub-holder. The sub-holder and the lock carried thereby .may then be secured to the clips 6, 7, by the screws 8.

While I have described this invention in connection with the attachment of a lock to the front stile of a door, it is obvious that the invention may be employed for attaching a lock of any size and style to any hollow metal structure lending itself to such application; therefore, I do not wish to limit myself to this particular application but intend to cover all equivalents.

What I claim is:

1. In a hollow metal door arranged to receive locks of various sizes and styles, a sub-holder blanked out to fit a particular lock face plate, a front stile having its edge blanked out to fit the sub-holder, and means for securing the lock face plate to the subhololer.

2. In a hollow metal door arranged to receive locks of various sizes and styles, a sub holder blanked out to fit a particular lock face plate, a front stile having its edge blanked out to fit the sub-holder, and means for securing the sub-holder to the stile.

In a hollow metal door arranged to receive locks of various sizes and styles, a sub-holder blanked out to fit a particular lock face plate, a front stile having its edge blanked out to fit the sub-holder, and means for securing the lock face plate to the subholder and the sub-holder to the stile.

a. In a hollow metal door arranged to receive locks of various sizes and styles, a sub-holder blanked out to fit a particular lock face plate, a front stilehaving its'edge blanked out to fit the sub-holder, and means for securing the lock' face plate to the subholder comprising clips overlapping the face plate and screws engaging the face plate and clips.

In a hollow met-a1 door arranged to receive locks of various sizes and stiles, a subholder blanked out to fit a particular lock face plate, a front stile having its edge blanked out to fit the sub-holder, and means for securing the sub-holder to the stile, comprising clips overlapping the sub-holder and screws engaging the sub-holder and clips.

6. In a hollow metal door arranged to receive locks of various sizes and styles, a subholder blanked out to fit a particular lock face plate, a front stile having its edge blanked out to fit the sub-holder, and means for securing the lock face plate to the subholder and the sub-holder to the stile comprising clips overlapping the face plate and sub-holder and screws engaging the face plate, the sub-holder and their respective clips.

7. In a hollow metal door arranged to re ceive locks of various sizes and styles, an open front channel lock reinforcement located within the front stile, a sub-holder blanked out to fit a particular lock face plate, a front stile havingits edge blanked out to fit the sub-holderyand means for se-- curing the lock face plate to the sub-holder.

8. In a hollow metal door arranged to receive locks of various sizes and. styles, an open front 'channellock reinforcement located within the front stile, a sub-holder blanked out to fit a )articular lock face plate, afront stile having its edge blanked out to fit the sub-holder and means for se-' curing the sub-holder to the front stile.

9. In a hollow metal door arranged to receive locks of various sizes and styles, an open front channel lock reinforcement located within the front stile, a sub-holder blanked out to fit a particular lock face plate, a front stile having its edge blanked out to fit the sub-holder, and means for securing the lock face plate to the sub-holder and the sub-holder to the stile. o

10. In a hollow metal door arranged to receive locks of various sizes and styles, an open front channel lock reinforcement located within the front stile, a sub-holder blanked out to fit a particular lock face plate, a front stile having its edge blanked out to fit the sub-holder, means for securing the lock face plate to the sub-holder and the sub-holder to the stile, and holding means interposed between the-lock case and rein forcement.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, 1 have signed my name this 10th day of ,August- 1917.

HENRY R. GOGAY. 

